From pioneer home to the White House
Subtitle: life of Abraham Lincoln: boyhood, youth, manhood, assassination, death
By: by William M. Thayer ; with eulogy by George Bancroft
Contributors: Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
Publisher: J.H. Earle
Published: 1888
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 469
Copyright date: 1882
Subjects: Presidents; Biography
Other titles: Life of Abraham Lincoln :; Pioneer home to White House
Notes: Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography, 0991

Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography, 0945

Book, cloth; frontispiece, illustrated front cover, front and back covers nearly detached.

Handwritten inscription in ink on first prelim. p.: To Harry R. Smith, August 1st, 1888, from his wife, Lou M. Smith.
Table of contents: title: Birthplace; title: A schoolboy; title: The old home sold; title: A new home made; title: After game; title: Darker days; title: Brighter hours; title: A new mother and schools; title: Borrowing and what came of it; title: Working and winning; title: Upward and onward; title: On the flatboat; title: Sundry incidents; title: Off to Illinois; title: Another trip to New Orleans; title: In a pioneer store; title: Still a clerk; title: On the war path; title: Unsought honors; title: Laurels won; title: Successful lawyer; title: The rising statesman; title: Going up higher; title: Life in the White House; title: His great interest in soldiers; title: His work for the colored people; title: Still in the White House; title: Shot of the assassin; title: Funeral ceremonies; title: Oration / Hon. George Bancroft.